# ampaw
## English
### Alternative forms

* ampao

### Etymology

From Tagalog ampaw. Compare Spanish hampáo, Cebuano ampaw, Ilocano ampaw, Bikol Central ampaw, Aklanon ampaw, Maranao ampaw.

### Pronunciation

* (Philippines) IPA: /ʔɐmˈpaʊ̯/

### Noun

ampaw (plural ampaws or ampaw)
* (Philippines) A Filipino sweet puffed rice cake.

#### Further reading

* ampaw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* ampao

### Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly either:
* From Chinese, possibly Hokkien. Compare Spanish hampáo, English ampao, Tagalog ampaw, Ilocano ampaw, Bikol Central ampaw, Aklanon ampaw, Maranao ampaw.
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampaw (“empty husk (of rice, etc.)”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: am‧paw
* IPA: /ˈʔampaw/ [ˈʔam.pɐʊ̯]

### Noun

ampáw
* puffed rice
* snack made of sweetened or syruped puffed rice, or peanut, or popcorn shaped into a brick, ball or disc

### References

* ↑ Ferdinand Blumentritt, T. H. Pardo de Tavera (1885) Vocabular einzelner Ausdrücke und Redensarten, welche dem Spanischen der Philippinischen Inseln eigenthümlich sind‎ (overall work in Spanish and German), Leitmeritz: Verlag der Communal-Ober-Realschule, pages 12-13
* ↑ José Montero y Vidal (1883) “Costumbres de Filipinas”, in Abelardo de Carlos, editor, La Ilustración Española y Americana‎ (in Spanish), volume 27, Madrid: Gaspar y Roig, page 99
* ↑ Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 48
* ↑ “ampaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* ↑ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 13
* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ampaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly either:
* From Chinese, possibly Hokkien. Compare Spanish hampáo, English ampao, Cebuano ampaw, Ilocano ampaw, Bikol Central ampaw, Aklanon ampaw, Maranao ampaw.
* From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampaw (“empty husk (of rice, etc.)”).

#### Alternative forms

* ampao — Spanish-based orthography

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔamˈpaw/ [ʔɐmˈpaʊ̯]
* Rhymes: -aw
* Syllabification: am‧paw

#### Noun

ampáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔)
* puffed rice
* sweetened or syruped snack made from puffed rice, or peanut, or popcorn
* (construction) honeycomb air pockets forming in concrete (when applied incorrectly)
* (colloquial, slang) weak person; frail person

#### Adjective

ampáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔)
* (figurative) empty; insubstantial
* (figurative, colloquial, slang) weak; infirm; frail; feeble
* (construction) having honeycomb air pockets in concrete (when applied incorrectly)

#### Derived terms

* ampaw na bigas
* ampaw na mais
* ampawan
* ampawin
* balot na ampaw
* bolang ampaw
* lohuwang ampaw
* mag-aampaw
* mag-ampaw
* pinaketeng ampaw
* utak na ampaw

#### Related terms

* lohuwa

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 紅包 / 红包 (âng-pau), with sound shift from /ŋ/ to /m/ preceding labial consonants.

#### Alternative forms

* angpao
* ampao

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔampaw/ [ˈʔam.paʊ̯]
* Rhymes: -ampaw
* Syllabification: am‧paw

#### Noun

ampaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔)
* red envelope; hongbao (red envelope used for money given as gift in Chinese New Year)

##### Related terms

* angkak
* hupaw
* kuwapaw
* siyopaw

### References

* ↑ Ferdinand Blumentritt, T. H. Pardo de Tavera (1885) Vocabular einzelner Ausdrücke und Redensarten, welche dem Spanischen der Philippinischen Inseln eigenthümlich sind‎ (overall work in Spanish and German), Leitmeritz: Verlag der Communal-Ober-Realschule, pages 12-13
* ↑ José Montero y Vidal (1883) “Costumbres de Filipinas”, in Abelardo de Carlos, editor, La Ilustración Española y Americana‎ (in Spanish), volume 27, Madrid: Gaspar y Roig, page 99
* ↑ Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 48
* ↑ “ampaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* ↑ Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 13
* ↑ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ampaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

### Further reading

* “ampaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 51